Newtown Preparative Meeting (Delaware County, Pa.) was established by 1702. In 1706, Newtown
was transferred from Radnor Monthly Meeting to Chester Monthly Meeting. In 1722, it became part
of Goshen Monthly Meeting. In 1827, at the time of the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting, Newtown Preparative Meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The
Orthodox branch was discontinued in 1828.

Newtown Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was established as Newtown Square Monthly Meeting in
1939 at the dissolution of the original Goshen Monthly Meeting (Hicksite).

Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained by reader.

SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the joint on-line catalog
of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. Please note that records
created before 1827, the date of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, may have been added to
by either the Hicksite or Orthodox branches of this meeting, but could include information about
members of the other branch before the Separation:

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Men's Meeting and Joint

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could
participate. It has responsibility for care of members, authorizes removals and marriages,
maintains discipline, considers the queries, manages meeting property, fosters social
concerns, and reports regularly to the quarterly meeting. Beginning at the end of the 19th
century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint
session.